5 hours in 14 minutes

I’ve given myself 14 minutes to publish this blog entry describing the last 5 hours, which have been amazing. Michael and I (roommate) left to go to a friend’s surprise birthday party. Along the way, we stopped at the Palace Steak House, a quintessential loccaly owned (by Marina and “Mo”) steak house. Had a great burger and salad JUST the way I like it. Decor: Can’t even begin to describe it. 35 years in business two days after my birthday. Looks like the 3 day birthday weekend has an ending point.

We caught the muni and got sucked into Adobe bookstore, where I found amazing books on the History of rock n’ roll, a book by JFK’s photographer, a 60’s trivia quiz book (I’ve been fascinated with ’60 – ’65 lately), and a couple of other amazing finds. Finally make it to the bar, where I meet the birthday friend and a couple of his longtime friends. One of whom is a screenwriter/artist guy working on his first project, and another who’s a Democratic political investigator. We leave the bar, and on the corner of 16th and Mission was one of the most patriotically inspiring things I’ve ever seen – a spontaneous spoken word jam with musicians and comedians, busting out and laying it down. Killer blues/funk flutist ROCKED. I did “Unamerican” as spoken word and forgot the last verse. That’s still eating at me.

Anyway, it was so cool to be in “the public square” hearing people give all kinds of opinions (none too friendly to the status quo…) Time’s up